on to write and create his own textbooks for schools to use. In addition he started the Journal Negro History, where he was an active editor for almost 40 years. He also established the Association For The Study of Negro Life. This association promoted black history. Carter in 1919 became the head of the graduate faculty and the dean of the School of liberal Arts at Howard University. Carter then became the dean of West Virginia Collegiate Institute. Out of all of Carters great achievements, I think the one he is most known and is credited for is for his introduction to Black History Week. In 1926 Carter started the second week of February as Negro History Week. Today the entire month of February is known as black history month. This week allowed African Americans to celebrate and be recognized for their accomplishments and their place in history.Today and then, Carter is recognized a greater educator, a philosopher devoted to his race. On April 13, 1950, Carter died of a heart attack in his home in Washington D.C. It is stated that Carter never was married nor did he have any children, how ever to me Carter bare 28 days out of the year that Africans American are proud to call Black History month....
